"Can you feel the energy? It's gaining strength oh so slowly."
- AFI
An image should capture the feelings and energy of an exact moment in time. That, to me, constitutes a good photograph. It isn't about the image quality, color saturations, lighting, or even the composition. If an image can symbolize every feeling, emotion, and thought in one instant, than it has served its purpose.
In the past few years, I have had the chance to take hundreds of photos at concerts my freinds have performed. I even get in free because of this. It must be the most difficult task however, as a photographer, to capture even one image that is a perfect representation of the energy at a live show.
The shutter speed is slowed down to 2 seconds to capture the movement of the music one feels in the audience. Black and white film was used because I wanted to give it an old school, unpolished look that coincided with the band's music.
- AFI
An image should capture the feelings and energy of an exact moment in time. That, to me, constitutes a good photograph. It isn't about the image quality, color saturations, lighting, or even the composition. If an image can symbolize every feeling, emotion, and thought in one instant, than it has served its purpose.
In the past few years, I have had the chance to take hundreds of photos at concerts my freinds have performed. I even get in free because of this. It must be the most difficult task however, as a photographer, to capture even one image that is a perfect representation of the energy at a live show.
The shutter speed is slowed down to 2 seconds to capture the movement of the music one feels in the audience. Black and white film was used because I wanted to give it an old school, unpolished look that coincided with the band's music.
This photograph is of my freind Mike Murphy, playing with his band Arson Decor in 2007. Of all the live shots, this one continues to be my favorite.
The band May have broken up later that year, but at the very least this image will be here as a representation of energy of the show that night. Many things over the years may be fleeting. Taking taking photos is to help them live on at least in memory.
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